319: My Story- Trauma & Professional Identity with Valerie Ashley
Shownotes:
00:08 Intro
01:14 About Valerie Ashley
03:16 Welcoming Valerie
04:53 What is Professional Identity?
06:57 Influences of Professional Identity
10:47 Support & Community
12:05 How A Person Develops Their Professional Identity
16:30 *TRIGGER WARNING for Sexual Assault
24:05 Trigger Warning Over
24:06 Vulnerable Ages & Launching Yourself
26:25 Valerie’s Accident
27:50 Post-Traumatic Growth
28:58 Healing From Trauma & What Happens When Exploring That
32:27 Magnitude of People Living In Trauma
34:59 Working With Those Living In Trauma
36:39 Mindfully Engaging With Your Identity
38:03 Trauma Showing Up At Work
39:24 Shifts in Professional Identity
43:20 Pivoting, Shifting, & Reinventing
47:37 Expanding Sense of Self
48:30 Self-Reflective Areas to Engage With
54:51 More About Valerie & Her Work
55:32 Alison’s Letter
57:58 Outro
Mentioned Resources:
Website- www.valerieashleycounseling.com
318: Bonus Episode; Working People In Grief With Valerie Ashley
Show Notes:
00:08 Introduction
00:55 About Valerie Ashley
02:56 Conversation With Valerie
03:55 How Valerie’s Career Began
09:17 What’s Going On With People Around Job Loss
11:08 Career Grief Process
12:20 Comparative Grief
13:00 Denial
15:25 Anger
21:10 Bargaining
23:50 The Scary D Word
29:50 Acceptance Seeping In
32:00 Exploration of Identity
37:25 Everyday Steps to Move Through Career Grief
43:40 A Good Starting Place
Mentioned Resources:
National Suicide Hotline- 1-800-273-8255
Assessment 1- https://www.viacharacter.org
Assessment 2- https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/four-tendencies-quiz/
How to Find Valerie:
Website- www.valerieashleycounseling.com